My Home The Block
Director Trevor Almeida / 2009 / 52mins
Photo: Dean Sewell
My Home The Block is an intimate portrait of Aboriginal Elder Joyce Ingram, resident of the first inner-city land grant allocated to the Indigenous people that would become a symbol for Indigenous land rights - the infamous Redfern Block.
Joyce’s strong sense of community, her values and faith fuel a determination to save her people from the drugs, crime and loneliness that inhabit this tragic urban landscape.
This observational documentary follows Joyce’s struggle over several years to save her home and her community from irrevocable destruction through cultural decay as well as physical demolition by developers.
Her strong religious beliefs and defiant spirit compel her to oppose relocation and she is left living in the last house standing on Eveleigh Street.